[Verse]
EmD
They came for him one winter's night.
EmD
Arrested, he was bound.
EmD
They said ther'd been a robbery,
CDEm
his psitol had been found.
EmG
They marched him to the station house,
EmD
he waited for the dawn.
EmG
And as they led him to the dock,
DEm
he knew that he'd been wronged.
CDEmD
"You stand accused of robbery",
GDEmD
he heard the bailiff say.
CDEmD
He knew without an alibi,
GDBmD
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.
[Chorus]
EmGDEm
Over the hills and far away,
DGCD
for ten long years he'll count the days.
EmGDEm
Over the mountains and the seas,
DGCD
a prisoner's life for him there'll be.